An edition of Highlife Saturday night
(2013)
Highlife Saturday night
popular music and social change in urban Ghana
by Nate Plageman
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Highlife Saturday night: popular music and social change in urban Ghana
2013, Indiana University Press
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0253007259 9780253007254
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Table of Contents
Introduction: the historical importance of urban Ghana's Saturday nights
Popular music, political authority, and social possibilities in the southern Gold Coast, 1890-1940
The making of a middle class: urban social clubs and the evolution of highlife music, 1915-1940
The friction on the floor: negotiating nightlife in Accra, 1940-1960
"The highlife was born in Ghana": politics, culture, and the making of a national music, 1950-1965
"We were the ones who composed the songs": the promises and pitfalls of being a bandsman, 1945-1970.
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Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.
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